Usually means: Ancient calculating tool using rods.
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  1. Napier's bones: Merriam-Webster
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  3. Napier's bones: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  10. Napier's Bones, Napier's bones: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. Napiers Bones: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. Napier's Bones: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Napier's Bones: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Napier's bones)

▸ noun:  (arithmetic) A set of numbered rods used for multiplication and division (see the Wikipedia article for a fuller explanation).


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